Associations to the word «Retraction»

Wiktionary

RETRACTION, noun. An act or instance of retracting.
RETRACTION, noun. A statement printed or broadcast in a public forum which effects the withdrawal of an earlier assertion, and which concedes that the earlier assertion was in error.
RETRACTION, noun. (mathematics) A continuous function from a topological space onto a subspace which is the identity on that subspace.

Dictionary definition

RETRACTION, noun. A disavowal or taking back of a previous assertion.
RETRACTION, noun. The act of pulling or holding or drawing a part back; "the retraction of the landing gear"; "retraction of the foreskin".

Wise words

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